Help children understand and manage their worries with our Worry Monster Workbook, a creative resource designed to transform abstract anxieties into friendly monsters that children can understand and tame.
 
This engaging 12-page workbook uses colourful monster characters and interactive activities to guide children through identifying, exploring, and managing their worries.
 
What's Included:
 
What is a Worry Monster? An enchanting introduction to worry monsters, explaining how these magical creatures eat worries and leave behind bravery, happiness, and hope.
 
Create Your Own Worry Monster: Space for children to design and draw their personal worry monster, giving worries a friendly face.
 
Making Friends With My Worry Monster: An activity where children write a letter to their worry monster, with helpful sentence starters to express their feelings.
 
The Worry Monster's Clues: A detective-themed activity helping children identify physical signs of worry in their bodies, like headaches, faster heartbeats, and upset stomachs.
 
Mapping My Worries: A body mapping exercise where children can draw or mark where they feel worry in their body using colors, shapes, and patterns.
 
Investigating the Worry Mystery: Reflective questions exploring how worries feel physically, including whether worries build up slowly or suddenly, and what sounds they might make.
 
Feeding the Worry Monster: The worry monster menu that explains different types of worries (starters, mains, desserts, and when the monster is too full), with space for children to record their own worries.
 
The Worry Monster's Secret Tools: Five special tools to help shrink worries, including The Energy Boots (movement), The Focus Gloves (grounding techniques), The Bright Lantern (positive thinking), Balloon Breathing (deep breathing), and The Chat Hammer (talking it out).
 
Your Worry Action Plan: A customizable four-step plan for children to spot worries, pick tools, call in their team, and take action when worries appear.
 
Your Worry Fighting Team: Identifying trusted people who can help when worries become overwhelming.
 
How It Helps Children:
 
The Worry Monster concept helps children externalize their anxieties by creating a friendly character who "eats" their worries. Through engaging with their worry monster, children learn to:
 
Recognize physical sensations associated with anxiety
Identify different types and intensities of worries
Develop practical coping strategies
Communicate their feelings effectively
Build a support network of trusted helpers
 
Who Is It For?
 
Children Ages 5-12: Who experience big feelings and worries, presented in a non-threatening, colorful, and engaging way.
 
Parents & Caregivers: Looking for creative tools to help children understand and manage anxiety.
 
Educators & Counsellors: Seeking resource materials to support emotional literacy and wellbeing in classroom or therapeutic settings.
 
Digital Download for Instant Access: The Worry Monster Workbook is available as a digital download, providing immediate access to PDF files. Print at home or school to support children in their journey of emotional understanding.